Choke's WWE Smackdown 10/24/2014 Preview: Cesaro faces Ziggler for the 13th time this month. Oh and the Matadores are back. Yay?
Posted by: choke Oct 22, 2014 | 1407 views | 13 comments
As the last show before HIAC, we really deserve better than this card looks. And here I was a pessimist coming off of a Raw which didn't completely annoy me. Oof.
Los Matadores vs Miz and Damien Sandow: I think they might start playing up on some dissension between Miz and Sandow over that Sheamus win. If Miz loses to Sheamus Sunday, he might blame Sandow. Conversely, if Miz wins, Sandow might eventually want a chance at the belt having pinned Sheamus. Either way, I think that dissension might be furthered tonight with a loss to Los Matadores. There's a chance they might play up the fact that Sandow will be in Miz's corner Sunday and have them dominate Los Matadores to show that they're going to be tough for Sheamus to beat together, but let's be honest, the WWE really doesn't care about their midcarders like Miz so they dont feel a need to protect him, even against Epico and Primo.
AJ Lee vs Alicia Fox: Alicia got the pin on AJ on Raw, yet Paige is the #1 contender for HIAC? What exactly has Paige done to deserve this title shot? The divas storytelling continues to amaze in its nonsense. AJ should get the bounceback win here to look strong heading into HIAC, with some sort of delicious staredown afterwards that I'm looking forward to between her and Paige.
Cesaro vs Dolph Ziggler: I assume it's not for the title since my preview didn't say it was. And why wouldn't it be? Hasn't Cesaro earned one, especially after the win Monday? Are they really going to have them face each other 3 times in a 6 day span? Crazy stuff. I guess Cesaro should take it to set up a title match Sunday? Otherwise what are we watching these guys wrestle each other 5 times in 2 weeks for? I guess it could be worse, Adam Rose could be in the ring. I'll be quiet.
Nikki Bella, Cameron and Summer Rae vs Brie Bella, Naomi and Natalya: Well I fully expect Nikki to win Sunday, so I'll go with the old school logic that the opposite happens on the last show before the PPV. Brie stands strong at the end
Mark Henry and the Usos vs Bo Dallas and Goldust/Stardust: Since Dust 2 Dust just won in a 6 man tag on Monday, I expect the Usos go over on them here to set up the idea of a title change Sunday. Also, they're having Bo Dallas lose to Swagger and R-Truth on occassion lately (which is mind-boggling) so the idea that he's beaten Mark Henry probably annoys the writers so they'll like to give Henry the revenge win here.
Overall: 5 matches: 2 of them divas and one of them Los Matadores. Get the whiskey ready, you're gonna need 4 shots out of 5 for this one.