The final episode of SmackDown leading into WrestleMania 34 features the return of Shane McMahon showing off his “miraculous” recovery and confirming his partnership with Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles continue sharing “mind games”, and Carmella fails another MITB cash-in attempt on Charlotte. The Mixed Match Challenge came to a close on Tuesday night with The Miz &Asuka facing off with Bobby Roode & Charlotte in the finals. Wai has a full review including his dramatic viewing of the finish. 205 Live featured an excellent match between Buddy Murphy and Kalisto that actually generated a response from the audience in Nashville, and Drake Maverick wins “best go home promo” for WrestleMania season.
Plus, Pollock & Ting preview the entire WrestleMania 34 card with thoughts and predictions, as well as take your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.
I feel like there is a lot of confusion on Shane and diverticulitis. Not all diverticulitis is as bad as it was with Brock. I have/had diverticulitis and all it required was a round of antibiotics and I was fine. I just have to watch what I eat cuz things like nuts and seeds can make it flare up. So while you hear stories about Brock’s battle with it, and the fact that diverticulitis is kind of a scary word. For most people it is only a few days with a bad stomach pain and then you are back to 100%. So in the end he was only in the hospital for a round of antibiotics. Now the hernia I do not know much about, never had one of those but clearly it must be pretty minor.
Cena jumps the barricade and runs to the ring to grab a mic
Security stops Cena since fans can’t be in the ring…the ref and various staff are beating up John like they would any fan not permitted in the ring during a live event.
Cena desperately calls out Taker on the couple seconds he gets his hand on the mic.
Takers DONG
Crowd Erupts as Taker comes out
Security continues to restrain John but he’s on the outside of the ring
Crowd goes nuts as Take accepts the match
Daniel Bryan’s music hits to a pop as he comes down to the ring with Shane and Kurt
All 3 commissioners agree that WM show is full and they cannot find time to fit in an improptu match
Cena and Taker understand the logic.
Cena returns to his seat.
Taker drops character and walks out of the building casually
We then start the all important Rusev vs Ortan vs Roode vs Jinder match which goes 45 minutes and ends with Jinder pinning Rusev.