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Alright, gave Smackdown a chance tonight. It's the Aug 6 edition (tbh, forgot that it was *Tuesday* night SD now).

Charlotte started out the show. While she still seems to lack a self-assured quality that her father had, she delivered a half-decent promo... and the pink version of her outfit is surprisingly cool. Trish looked so tiny next to Charlotte, which kinda made Charlotte seem that much more legit.

Minor spoilers but closing them anyway as well as some bigger spoilers for this episode:
What the fuck was up with Trish slapping Charlotte? I know that Charlotte is probably going to win (and this is going to be used to build her up), but it still kinda made her look like shit at that moment.

Dolph had a match tonight. In the beginning, the announcer mentions that Rey Mysterio had a match during Raw so I guess that was cut from the Hulu version. The ambush
was kinda bullshit since we just had something like that on Raw. The replacement match was alright, better than I would have expected from a Rey match.

idk, Dolph has seemingly been consistent under-utilized. At one point, he was being called the next HBK but since then they've done almost nothing with him (excluding the occasional tease that they might do something with him). He's a tremendous all-around talent -- he has good in-ring work, he's great on the mic, and has decent charisma. Plus he's got the look. I know his career was stifled by Cena but... even with Cena out of the spotlight, they aren't doing all much.

Dolph's Goldberg parody ring entrance was fun but, honestly, it was undercut by the knowledge that he was almost certainly going to be fed to Goldberg at Summer Slam... (Summer Slam spoiler) and it obviously turned out to be the case, in a typically fast Goldberg match

Then, after a bunch of stuff with Roman again, we had that match with Natalya v Ember Moon. It was my first time seeing Ember Moon, who seems alright. Once again, the match ended in a BS finish.

The Kevin Owens-Shane McMahon feud seems boring. KO is a good talker, but he still looks like shit. Shane McMahon looks his age, although he's still decent on the mic and he's still not afraid to take a bump. Granted, his work *always* looks like shit. Those were some terrible-looking kicks. The guys in editing fucked up by showing how little they were connecting

I will say that Shane McMahon's grudge against KO seems more compelling than some of VKM's similar attempts to mess with wrestlers.

At any rate, I thought they were doing more to brand Raw and SD as their own thing? Instead we're getting recaps from Monday's Raw about things for the Raw title... and having Raw women wrestle on SD.

Oh, Sami Zane is still around? idk, never been a fan... although I'm intrigued by Aleister Black. Imposing-looking guy, supernatural gimmick, surprisingly agile, and some neat personality. I knew nothing about their feud or Aleister (and I've never liked Sami all that much), but I got insta-hyped for the match. The match itself wasn't amazing, but it was a good showcase for what Aleister could do. Definitely seems like a solid addition to the roster.

lol @ Shelton Benjamin's reaction to being asked if he'd contend for the 24/7 Title.

Oh, apparently Bray Wyatt is still doing the kids show gimmick in addition to the Fiend. idk, I kinda like his gimmick... or the combo of gimmicks. Bray in general is pretty talented.

On show ad for WWE 2K20... that includes Hulk Hogan? Is he no longer on the outs with the brand? Otherwise the cover art looks neat. Seeing Becky on it makes up for Roman being there.

Kofi's interview interestingly incorporates some real rumors about Kofi's career being held back because of blowback from wrestling RKO. *Really* surprised to see that Kofi is WWE champ.

The Daniel Bryan/Rowan tag team is really cool. Besides being a callback to Daniel's brief time with the Wyatt Family, the beards give them a cool common look. OK match, but the ending was BS.
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