Last night was another episode of WWE’s SmackDown. So, you know what that means. It is now time for another edition of the Highs & Lows. The Beast incarnate Brock Lesnar wanted to get his revenge on Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn got his rematch for the Intercontinental Title. Also, it was a brawl fest last night and more. Of course, there were also some disappointing moments. Let’s look at them all. I would once again like to thank Simon Miller of WhatCulture Wrestling for this idea. Let us kick things off with the lows and we shall end on a high note.
The Lows
I have mixed feelings about Last night’s SmackDown to be totally honest. Let’s look at the lows one by one.
Say hello to Butch!
The arrival of Pete Dunne to the main roster was honestly a long time coming. But I did not expect him to arrive like this. Sheamus and Ridge Holland said that they have connected with one of their friends and they know him better by his nickname ‘Butch‘. It was none other than Pete Dunne.
Pete Dunne debuts on SmackDown as Butch ???? pic.twitter.com/tzInEhLXaB
— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) March 12, 2022
The Bruiserweight’s name has been BUTCHered on arrival.
They’ve given us about ten minutes to digest this name change from Pete Dunne to Butch and yep it’s horrible
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) March 12, 2022
The fans are beyond upset over this. The entire Wrestling Fan Base is irate.
Every WWE fan to whoever decided to change Pete Dunne’s name to Butch. #Smackdown pic.twitter.com/oSnt1igpmr
— CHRISTOPHER❕❕ (@DamnitChristoff) March 12, 2022
Get well soon Big E
Following a horrendous debut of BUTCH, Big E and Kofi Kingston were set to face the team of Sheamus and Ridge Holland. It was a decent match but towards the end, it got a lot messy.
Towards the end of the match, Ridge Holland and Big E were brawling at ringside. Holland hit a belly-to-belly suplex on Big E. Unfortunately, E landed on his head and as a result broke his neck.
An UGLY landing for Big E at ringside. Looks like he landed on his head and he was not seen again on-screen after this. #SmackDown #WWE
pic.twitter.com/VizfehW7ug— WrestlingInc.com (@WrestlingIncCom) March 12, 2022
Big E was rushed to the hospital. Thank god he is fine.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) March 12, 2022
The entire wrestling community has been wishing Big E a speedy recovery.
I saw your vid @WWEBigE. You say don’t worry, but you know what it is…. Here’s to your healing brudda. pic.twitter.com/CfyL5dv6VX
— Shameless Lee (@RealKeithLee) March 12, 2022
Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair disappoint
Ronda Rousey came out to cut a promo on Charlotte and to me, it felt like Rousey does not care at all. She is very bad at cutting promos. I thought Charlotte would save the segment but sadly, she was equally bad.
Then at the end of the show, they brawled with each other. With hardly only 3 minutes left on the show, this brawl seemed pointless. The brawl was nothing when compared to the backstage braw they had during the build to WrestleMania 35.
One of the major reasons was the time constraint. We could have easily got this brawl next week with more time allotted to the segment.
.@MsCharlotteWWE unleashes on @RondaRousey in a wild parking lot brawl on #SmackDown! #WrestleMania
Full results ???? https://t.co/p4lxnlabLx pic.twitter.com/CDW1H83hXj
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2022
The Highs
The lows were disappointing but at the same time, we had a couple of highs as well. Let’s look at them
Ricochet’s first title defence
Sami Zayn demanded a rematch for the Intercontinental Title. Ricochet accepted and both had another excellent match. Zayn got pretty close to winning back the Intercontinental Title but all his efforts were in vain. Once again Ricochet showed of his amazing athleticism and in the end, won the match with a 630 Splash.
#AndSTILL!#SmackDown #ICTitle @KingRicochet pic.twitter.com/6jR3oGl4yP
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2022
Pat McAfee had enough of Austin Theory
Just before the start of the Intercontinental Title match, Austin Theory showed up and slapped McAfee yet again. This time around McAfee was not going to let this go. He got up on the announcer’s desk and started to throw down with Theory until they were separated by officials.
???? LET’S GOOOOO#SmackDown @PatMcAfeeShow @austintheory1 pic.twitter.com/IioZl3hFri
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2022
Brock Lesnar wants blood
The show kicked off with an angry Brock Lesnar. Lesnar came out and said that all he cares about is getting revenge on Roman Reigns. He did not care about the WWE Title, not any WrestleMania contract signing. Paul Heyman came out and said that Roman Reigns is not here. Lesnar asked Heyman, “Paul if Roman is not here, then who is going to protect you?”. Heyman got scared and started to run, Lesnar went chasing Heyman.
RUN, PAUL, RUN! ????#SmackDown @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/yoJfjsMvBc
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2022
In this chase, Lesnar just pushed around the security like they were dolls.
BROCK LESNAR WE CAN’T ????????????#SmackDown#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/Bzi4T6aSzQ
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) March 12, 2022
Next week, The Beast, Brock Lesnar will get face to face with Roman Reigns.
NEXT WEEK!#SmackDown @BrockLesnar @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/LkXk1uiMRU
— WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2022
It was an average episode of SmackDown. Although we got a lot of highs, the overall show was a disappointment. Hopefully, Big E returns soon. Wishing him a speedy recovery.
What was your favorite part of the show? Let us know.
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