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<h2><strong>The Empress Is No Pushover</strong></h2>
<p>As expected, the show opened with the three women fighting for the title at TLC appearing together to sign the contract.</p>
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<p>An interesting fact was put up about how the women have all defeated each other except for Lynch having never beaten Asuka. This led to an argument from which Lynch walked out which seemed a bit weird but we get that WWE is protecting her.</p>
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<p>Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose hit the ring for whatever reason. That setup a tag match with Asuka and Charlotte on one side and Deville and Rose on the other.</p>
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<p>The match was a decent one with the title challengers dominating most of it until they had a spat among themselves. This left Charlotte down and Deville took advantage to pick up the win.</p>
<p>Here is the thing. All this felt okay but not good enough. Somehow we expected more excitement, more build-up for the women’s title match. It will be really pathetic if this match does not headline TLC and looking at the way this match is being built-up, it appears that the chances of that happening are slim.</p>
<p>On a side note, is the tension between Deville and Rose resolved now? When did that happen?</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose.</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>A New Spin On The Tag Division?</strong></h2>
<p>We would love to imagine how WWE came up with this match. Someone thought “How to bring the tag division some relevance? Oh yeah, let’s put them in singles matches!”</p>
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<p>Don’t get us wrong. There is a time and place for singles matches in the tag division. It is when you have established feuds and strong teams.</p>
<p>The tag division has become a joke on SmackDown. Cesaro and Sheamus barely feel like a dominating force. The Usos feel like their wings have been clipped and the New Day is just a group that performs comedy bits.</p>
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<p>Also, where the heck is Big Show? Are we to forget that he played a big role in the tag championship and now we should be okay with him disappearing after an ambiguous backstage segment?</p>
<p>This is frustrating and sad to watch especially since the tag division on RAW isn’t faring any better. The match was pretty good though and Jey Uso won but in the grand scheme of things, it was pointless.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Jey Uso</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>Miz TV Brings Back Some Semblance Of Entertainment</strong></h2>
<p>When Miz made his debut in 2006, who would have thought that more than a decade later it would be his segment that would be the most enjoyable in a roster packed with some of the best talents of this generation.</p>
<p>The initial interruption by Carmella and R-Truth was hilarious and somehow WWE has hit pay dirt with that combination.</p>
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<p>Bryan happened to be the guest on Miz TV and it was such a cool segment. When he was introduced, you could sense the reluctance in the crowd to boo him. He made it easier by ripping off the ‘Yes’ side plates from his title. Bryan would go on to use some of the same heel keywords like the crowd being fickle and all but coming from Bryan it all felt fresh.</p>
<p>It still hurts to hate the man but he is not leaving us any other choice which is a brilliant achievement by a man who was easily the most beloved superstar ever since CM Punk departed from WWE.</p>
<p>This prompted AJ Styles to come out and in the melee that followed AJ Styles got shoved into the Miz for which he had to eat a Skull crushing Finale setting up a match between the two for the main-event. This was a great segment and proved what WWE creative can do if they put their minds into it.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Is Jeff Hardy Being Bullied?</strong></h2>
<p>You read that right. Jeff Hardy is a face and we get that he needs a heel to hate him and attack him occasionally to make the whole pro-wrestling thing work. However, it seems like all he has been doing is be the punching bag for heels who have nothing else to do.</p>
<p>First it was Shinsuke Nakamura, then Randy Orton joined in and now Samoa Joe. Is there a secret alliance between these three men that we do not know of?</p>
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<p>This was a pretty standard match where Jeff Hardy got distracted yet again by Samoa Joe and got hit by an RKO. This also highlights the other major issue and that is the US title is now being treated worse than the fake million dollar title of Ted DiBiase all those years ago.</p>
<p>There is no rhyme or reason here and that is why even though this match was filled with some nice spots it never felt engaging enough. A shame!</p>
<p>We all used to hate John Cena and Roman Reigns for being one dimensional. At least they kept making subtle changes to their persona. Randy Orton has been exactly the same throughout his wrestling career when he has portrayed a heel and we are sick of it all now.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Randy Orton</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>AJ Styles Gets His A** Handed To Him By Bryan Again</strong></h2>
<p>The Miz and AJ Styles put on a great show for the main event but the highlight was Daniel Bryan on commentary. He has turned into a different man altogether. He was ripping into poor Byron Saxton every chance he got.</p>
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<p>This led to the obvious interference by Bryan but Miz couldn’t capitalize and Styles picked up the win which was the right call here. Post-match, Bryan gave another beatdown to Styles.</p>
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<p>Here are a few things that we really love about this. Bryan is the champion now. He and Styles are putting on a show that is different which is saying something.</p>
<p>At least one world title is being showcased by WWE as it should. (Wink wink you lazy a** Lesnar). Even Bryan’s submission maneuver is called the <strong><em>&#8216;heel lock&#8217;</em></strong> which is just genius.</p>
<p>This was an awesome end to an otherwise lackluster show.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>AJ Styles</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>This was one of those rare occasions where SmackDown left us frustrated and annoyed instead of entertained and happy. Except for the main title picture everything else sucked.</p>
<p>All the US title got was Rusev screaming “Rusev Day” backstage. This is just bad story-telling overall.</p>
<p>The women’s title is not getting the necessary gravitas it should. The tag division is a joke and the rest of the roster seems to be playing peekaboo with coherent storytelling. WWE needs to arrest this situation soon or risk getting into really troubled waters.</p>
<p><strong>Overall Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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WWE SmackDown Live Results & Review: December 4, 2018

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