Rewind-A-SmackDown 5/8/20: MITB Go-Home, Reigns Speaks, Herb Abrams

Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2020/05/09/rewind-a-smackdown-5-8-20-mitb-go-home-reigns-speaks-herb-abrams/

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review Friday Night SmackDown and the final episode leading into this Sunday’s Money in the Bank PPV.

The go-home episode of SmackDown featured Daniel Bryan & Drew Gulak choosing a mystery partner to face King Corbin, Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event.

Plus, Sonya Deville takes on Mandy Rose, Jeff Hardy returns for a confrontation with Sheamus, an eight-man tag involving the tag division, Bayley teams with Sasha Banks against Tamina & Lacey Evans and it’s a Face-to-Face between Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt.

Plus, John & Wai review this week’s Dark Side of the Ring: “Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story”.

NEWS OF THE DAY

  • Roman Reigns addresses his absence from WWE
  • MEL Magazine’s investigation into the Jimmy Snuka and Nancy Argentino case
  • Mayor of Boston issues a statement on large scale events in the city this summer
  • Total Bellas number falls
  • Jeremy Stephens misses weight ahead of UFC 249
  • Ronaldo Jacare Souza tests positive for COVID-19

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I completely second what John said about Dasha. The difference between her robotic WWE presence and how she is in real life (very happy, full of energy) is incredible.

It’s the same for Roman Reigns, he’s incredibly magnetic and charismatic in real life and his WWE is very bland.